St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-12
AMONG The HORSES.
What the Minnesota Breeders
Are Doing For This
State.
Some Splendid Trotting Stock
Beginning to Make Its
Appearance.
McGrath and Commodore Kilt
son the Winners at the
State Fair.
The Great Live Stock Market
in LeXington--Johnston
in st. Paul.

The enterprising gentlemen of Mime
sofa who are putting large amounts of
money into the business of breeding the
trottiug horse are doing great deal
more for the state than they are given
credit for. 1t has been said, and justly,
too, that he who causes two blades of
grass to grow where one did before is a
benefactOr of the race. The same may
be said of the intelligent horse breeder.
Both add indirectly to the wealth and
power of the state. One of the chief in
duStreS and sources of profit OF the
state of Kentucky is the breeding of
running and trotting horses. Califor-
MIA is acquiring wealth and rep
utation through the same source. Hi
noiS is doing the same by breeding not
only the trotter but also the heavy
of taxable property is yearly added to
the tax list through this Industry. On
Friday last these breeders came up to
st. Paul with their young stock to try
conclusions with each other as to which
had been the most successful in breed
ing the trotting horse. On Friday w.
l.. McGrath'S Tipperary, by TheSeuS,
won the yearling stakes against four
others, half mile heats, in 1:4S1a and
las. His second event was for two
year-oldS, best two in three, mile heats,
for purse of $500. The entries were:
Hostess. blk. m, entered by Luke keife;
Star Swigert, br. h., by G. S. Radcliffe;
Delaney TheSeuS, b. H., by William l..
MeGrath; Listenwood, b. M, by l.. E.
Newport; HeireSs, b. m., by George w.
Sherwood; Collector. by n. w. KittSon.
Star Swigert was Withdrawn after the
second heat. This race was won by
Collector, though pressed close by Heir
esS, and many claimed that she would
have won if she had
BEEN HANDLED DIFFERENTLY.
On Saturday, for foalS of 1884, w. S.
McGrath'S Belle Won Arnim, Aid. E. G.
Longs AlcaZar and Commodore Kilt
sons Asteroid were started. The race
was best two in three, and was won by
Asteroid in 1924 and sos. For the race
Prices Strathford and F. T.. Avery'S
Motor were entered. Strathford won
the first heat in 2:51H, and Motor won
the three following in 2:41&, 2:52 and
2:51. W. S. MonrOe's Capt. Wood and
John Gillespe's LuXa l. were entered in
the foalS of 1881 stakes. The race was
won by Capt. Wood in three straight
heats in 2:45, 2:57 and 2:52. These
races will be followed by trials of speed
To-Day ana all the week to
Friday next, inclusive, and will
include trolting pacing and
running. 1t is pleasant to see that the
interest in the matter of breeding the
trotter in Minnesota is increasing. OF
course, it cannot be expected that there
should be contests i'll this state that are
equal to those of older states that have
been in the breeding business for thirty
or forty years. Minnesota stock is i'm
proving in quality and increasing in
quantity, year by year. Thus far
breeders have made very sati sfactory
progress. The stock has been brought
to the post this year in better condition
than ever before, and the ra:e this
year, as far as they have gone, have
been better than ever before. 1t has
been suggested that it would be better
to have the contests of speed at the July
meeting, as the youngsters would not be
so subject to take cold as they now are
during the chilly nights of the season.